Dr Who… Awesome News If You're A Fan

[jingars]

MartG said:

Funny - 3rd Doctor credits done in the style of Space 1999

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufVkKeiQeNg

[ecsrobin]

NBTBRV8 said:

Will have to see how the second episode pans out, but that was a pretty bland story.

Agreed. I was struggling to watch that episode. The rest of the series has been good. So hopefully it gets better.

[ali_kat]

It was weak, but I'm hoping she's a reoccurring character

Next week should be good!

[Beefmeister]

ali_kat said:

It was weak, but I'm hoping she's a reoccurring character

Next week should be good!

I doubt she'll be anything more than an incidental character sadly given her commitment to GoT.

[bexVN]

Beefmeister said:

ali_kat said:

It was weak, but I'm hoping she's a reoccurring character

Next week should be good!

I doubt she'll be anything more than an incidental character sadly given her commitment to GoT.

As much as I'd love to see more of her in Dr Who, that would mean her character will have been probably killed off in GoT, which would be worse!!

[glazbagun]

As much as I love watching both Capaldi and Williams, that was really *really* boring. I think Dr Who might just be a little too lightweight for me.

[ali_kat]

bexVN said:

Beefmeister said:

ali_kat said:

It was weak, but I'm hoping she's a reoccurring character

Next week should be good!

I doubt she'll be anything more than an incidental character sadly given her commitment to GoT.

As much as I'd love to see more of her in Dr Who, that would mean her character will have been probably killed off in GoT, which would be worse!!

Why?

I'm not suggesting she replace Clara, but she could be a reoccurring character like Madam Vastra, without affecting GoT

[bexVN]

ali_kat said:

bexVN said:

Beefmeister said:

ali_kat said:

It was weak, but I'm hoping she's a reoccurring character

Next week should be good!

I doubt she'll be anything more than an incidental character sadly given her commitment to GoT.

As much as I'd love to see more of her in Dr Who, that would mean her character will have been probably killed off in GoT, which would be worse!!

Why?

I'm not suggesting she replace Clara, but she could be a reoccurring character like Madam Vastra, without affecting GoT

I was referring to if she did become a Clara replacement,

[stephen300o]

Be interesting if she kills Clara without the doctor knowing, then joins as companion, the enemy within.

Not too bad this season, No different really to how it has ever been, but we get to a point where we have seen enough.
Like Friends saturation.

[Morningside]

Dull, dull, dull. They really don't know what to do with him do they? Too old for a love interest. Too young in mind to play an old man like Hartnell.

Long gone are the heady days of The Doctor and Rose Tyler where it was riding high in favour by both fans and children and more importantly people who normally don't watch Doctor Who.

This incarnation seems to be lost. I cannot see many children watching it as some of the stories are a bit more adult and they will get confused by the story arcs. Older viewers are finding it too childish and the only ones left seem to be the die hard fans than give that knowing finger wag and nod when he says something mentioned in series 4 episode 2.

Yesterdays I kept thinking "you ungrateful bh!". Given eternal life and done nothing but moan about it. And as for the lion(?) thing it looked like a cross between the Burger King King and that online gambling one. Who instead of fighting which I was hoping for just spouted fire, stood there and then evaporated.

Plus I really don't want a Doctor who spends he time "Oh, what's the point of it all. Everyone dies" attitude.

[Beefmeister]

The lion thing just reminded me of the old 80's Beauty and the Beast show with Ron Perlman and Linda Hamilton:

[Countdown]

I'm wondering why she would be "watching over" the Doctor's friends..... good reasons or evil?

[glazbagun]

Morningside said:

Dull, dull, dull. They really don't know what to do with him do they? Too old for a love interest. Too young in mind to play an old man like Hartnell.

Long gone are the heady days of The Doctor and Rose Tyler where it was riding high in favour by both fans and children and more importantly people who normally don't watch Doctor Who.

This incarnation seems to be lost. I cannot see many children watching it as some of the stories are a bit more adult and they will get confused by the story arcs. Older viewers are finding it too childish and the only ones left seem to be the die hard fans than give that knowing finger wag and nod when he says something mentioned in series 4 episode 2.

Yesterdays I kept thinking "you ungrateful bh!". Given eternal life and done nothing but moan about it. And as for the lion(?) thing it looked like a cross between the Burger King King and that online gambling one. Who instead of fighting which I was hoping for just spouted fire, stood there and then evaporated.

Plus I really don't want a Doctor who spends he time "Oh, what's the point of it all. Everyone dies" attitude.

I agree, the writing seems lost and a great waste of acting talent. They have all of the ingredients a writer could ask for but just seem to have exhausted their inventory of monsters and I think the whole show format suffers from a bit of fatigue like Top Gear did. The Dr needs a cause or enemy to fight that is bigger than a season or two, something that he can't beat and can, at best, escape from for a few seasons that can lurk in the background while he sorts himself out. The lack of any background war or narrative really makes it hard to care episode to episode.

In the last season where Clara and the Dr both lied to each other about Pink/Gallifrey, they should have separated them and had him go off to do something.

[bexVN]

Beefmeister said:

The lion thing just reminded me of the old 80's Beauty and the Beast show with Ron Perlman and Linda Hamilton:

Thank you. I knew it reminded me of an old program. I loved that series

[marshalla]

glazbagun said:

I agree, the writing seems lost and a great waste of acting talent.

This.

They have a writer who is a fan, a writer who has no background in SF and a bunch of other "new talent". They limit themselves by trying to resolve everything obvious in a single, or at most two, episodes so there's no scope for any real build up of tension or mystery, and the "arc" stories end up being "look at us, weren't we clever, you didn't see that coming did you?". The "nods" to the old stories fall into the "aren't we clever" category and fail because they're inserted with all the subtlety of a Sontaran diplomatic mission.

Sonic sunglasses, FFS.

The show's become a vehicle for Moffat's PR.

Oh, and it's on far too late, so it's hitting the wrong viewers.

Edited by marshalla on Sunday 25th October 10:45

[richtea78]

Beefmeister said:

The lion thing just reminded me of the old 80's Beauty and the Beast show with Ron Perlman and Linda Hamilton:

Which is odd as it was written GRRM!

[Granville]

Not the best episode. The 'stunt' horse scene was extremely poor, they couldn't have made it look any more of a fake horse if they tried (the close ups of the Dr riding it).

[FourWheelDrift]

Rip off of the Blackadder the Third episode, Amy and Amiability with the voice changing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wL-NNWoblxI

[otolith]

Positive review in the Telegraph.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/doct...

I was not convinced. But then I have never been a big fan of the historical Earth episodes.

[glazbagun]

It's like they watched a different episode. It would have actually been better if it were just Maisie ranting for an hour about the downside of immortality, with the Dr comming up with some reason to keep going. The whole monster-wanting-to-invade/steal-the-crystal thing was actually completely unnecessary, which is probably why it was such a rubbish story. Highlander and Interview with a Vampire had more depth in five mins than the last two episodes combined.